a notch above in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "a notch above"
      },
      "expansion": "a notch above",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hotel we stayed in this year was fabulous. It put our vacation a notch above the rest."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "superior to; of a higher quality than"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) superior to; of a higher quality than"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "a cut above"
        },
        {
          "word": "a cut below"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lüèshèngyīchóu",
          "sense": "superior to",
          "word": "略胜一筹"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "superior to",
          "word": "um ponto acima de"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-a_notch_above.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a notch above"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective",
        "head": "a notch above"
      },
      "expansion": "a notch above",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "a cut above"
    },
    {
      "word": "a cut below"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with audio links"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hotel we stayed in this year was fabulous. It put our vacation a notch above the rest."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superior to; of a higher quality than"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ],
        [
          "higher",
          "higher"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) superior to; of a higher quality than"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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    }
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-a_notch_above.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lüèshèngyīchóu",
      "sense": "superior to",
      "word": "略胜一筹"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "superior to",
      "word": "um ponto acima de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a notch above"
}

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"a notch above" meaning in English

Adjective